UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees coordinates international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. The website offers maps, statistics, documents, images and country specific information on many aspects of refugee life. The teachers’ section offers a range of lesson plans, videos and poster resources.

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This is the mass exodus of people from Yarmouk (Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus that has been under siege by the Assad Government since Yarmouk, where ISIS is now trying to make theirs; that is the victim of barrel bombs launched by a brutal regime

Three separate shipwrecks in the Mediterranean south of Italy in recent days are thought to have claimed the lives of more than 700 people, officials from the UN's refugee agency said.

Scammers Impersonating the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Donation Page

Scammers Impersonating the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Donation Page: Scammers have put up a phishing The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) web page, impersonating the legitimate one at http://donate.unhcr.org/syria/. The scammers aim is to trick persons into making a donation with their credit cards, which seems will go to the people of Syria. But, this fake page was designed to steal your credit card information....

Millions of Syrian people have been forced from their homes by violence and war. All of us can help the UN Refugee Agency provide them and other refugees worldwide with the necessities to survive and rebuild.

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Angelina Jolie appointed special envoy of UNHCR chief. GENEVA, April 17 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday that actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie will take on a new and expanded role for UNHCR as Special Envoy of High Commissioner. During a decade of service as Goodwill Ambassador Jolie has conducted more than 40 field visits around the world, becoming an expert on the phenomenon of forced displacement and a tireless advocate on behalf of refugees. LOVE THIS WOMAN.

Head of UN's refugee agency: Safe zones in Syria won't work, Trump's plans to set them up are a 'waste of time'